Improved shoe for cripples



linted States @tout emite.

HENRYS. LOPER, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSEL AND HENRY S. PARSONS, OF SAME PLACE.

i Letters Patent No. 96,452, dated November 2, 1869.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and-making par: of the :laufe- To all whom if 'may concern:

Be. ila-known that I, HENRY S. LOPER, vof New Hnven, in the. count-y of New Haven, and State'of Connecticut, have invented u. new Improvement in Cork Soles for Boots and Shoes; :md I do hereby declare the fbllowing, when taken in connection with the zicoompzinying drawings, and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a. full, clear, and exact description of' the sanne, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent in- Figure 1, u. perspective view, :ind in Figure 2, n. longitudinal central section.

This invention relates to :in improvement in .that clnss of' soles which is used in themanufheture of boots and shoes f'or persons who require one sole to be thicker than the other, as where one limb is shorter than the other.

Heretof'ore, in this class of' shoes, a great difficulty hns been experienced inmaking a. flexible sole, which would not soon breuk at the connection of' the shank with the hull, therefore, mamy manufacturers make the ysole the sinne thickness 'through the bull cpd shank, in which case there is 'no exibilit-y in the sole. i

The object of' my invent-ion -is to construct n cork sole, with nu elastic shank, the elastic shnnk being the connect-ion with the badi and heel.

In order to the clem` understandmg of myinventicn,

I will proceed to describe the same, as illustrzlrted 'in are firmly secured together by means of the shank C.-.

The sole thus constructed is applied to the shoe vin the usual mzmner ot' cork soles, and covered with leather, to finish the shoe.

I d'o not wish to be understood as broadly claiming a-n India-rubber shank f'or boots and shoes, zls'sueh, I :un :uvm-e, is not new; but

What I do claim ns my invention, :md desire to secure by Letters Parent, is-

A shoe f'or cri pples, when constructed of n cork sole or bull, and connectelwith the heel by an elastic shank, C, substantially as specified.

HENRY S. LOPER.

Witnesses:

A. J. Tmmrs, MlcnAnL RYAN. 

